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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Navy Act, 1957 Section 127

FINDING LESSER OFFENCE PROVED ON CHARGE OF GREATER OFFENCE

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Navy Act, 1957 Section 127 is part of Navy Act, 1957 - FINDING LESSER OFFENCE PROVED ON CHARGE OF GREATER OFFENCE. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) When a person is charged with an offence consisting of several particulars, a combination of some only of which constitutes a complete minor offence and such combination is proved, but the remaining particulars are not proved, he may be convicted of the minor offence although he was not charged with it.

(2) When a person is charged with an offence and facts are proved which reduce it to a minor offence, he may be convicted of the minor offence although he was not charged with it.

(3) When a person is charged with an offence, he may be convicted of an attempt to commit such an offence, although the attempt is not separately charged.

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What does Navy Act, 1957 Section 127 provide?

Section Section 127 of the Navy Act, 1957 (FINDING LESSER OFFENCE PROVED ON CHARGE OF GREATER OFFENCE) is reproduced on this page as part of the Navy Act, 1957. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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